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From: Eric Janssens <eric@fpn.be>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: rc.conf error on startup
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>Number:         81263
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       rc.conf error on startup
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 19 14:30:02 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:    Thu Jun 09 04:12:59 GMT 2005
>Last-Modified:  Thu Jun 09 04:12:59 GMT 2005
>Originator:     Eric Janssens
>Release:        5.3
>Organization:
Foo Inc
>Environment:
can't run the command
output:
#uname -a
uname: not found
>Description:
while editing my /etc/rc.conf file iv'e forgotten to unquote a string
on the next reboot I get
Pre-seeding PRNG: kickstart
/etc/rc.conf: 23: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
#

from then on I thought, just vim the file & rectify, but no .. that aint working...

I know it's stupid but, I am stuck

THANX      
>How-To-Repeat:
      
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Matteo Riondato <rionda@gufi.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, eric@fpn.be
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/81263: rc.conf error on startup
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:53:15 +0200

 First of all, please do not send PR for this kind of problems.
 Mailing lists are the right place.
 
 About your question (if it's still a problem):
 you have a shell now.
 #mount /
 #mount -a
 #set TERM cons25
 #vi /etc/rc.conf
 (correct the error)
 #exit
 
 
 If everything is ok now, this PR can be closed.
 
 Best Regards
 -- 
 Rionda aka Matteo Riondato
 G.U.F.I. Staff Member (http://www.gufi.org)
 FreeSBIE Developer (http://www.freesbie.org)
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: keramida 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 9 04:11:50 GMT 2005 
State-Changed-Why:  
As Matteo has noted, this is not a bug.  Please follow his 
instructions for booting single user and mounting your 
filesystems read-write before editing rc.conf.  This should 
allow you to save the changes and boot normally again. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=81263 
>Unformatted:
